Posted Date: 05/17/2023
May is the month for most school graduations, and although final data about the class of 2023 will not be known for some time, there is already much to celebrate. These students have earned diplomas . . .
Posted Date: 05/08/2023
Kansas is undertaking a major effort to improve student reading skills, with a special focus on the early years and students with characteristics of dyslexia. Initiatives include a universal . . .
Posted Date: 04/04/2023
I've been visiting Kansas schools that have won national or State Board of Education recognition for showing improvement in the State Board's Kansans Can outcomes: academic achievement, graduation . . .
Posted Date: 03/21/2023
Hillsboro Elementary School was one of two Kansas schools honored this year as an Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Distinguished School for positive educational advances and outstanding . . .
Posted Date: 03/16/2023
Ingalls USD 477 is a 230-student, 1A high school district in southwest Kansas, midway between Dodge City and Garden City. It's one of the smaller school districts in Kansas, but Education . . .
Posted Date: 03/15/2023
In a recent column headlined “America should be in the middle of a schools revolution,” author David Brooks cited a series of “alarming statistics” that he argued should make this a moment of . . .
Posted Date: 02/10/2023
How do you define and measure a successful school system? Then, how do you make it happen? Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson has highlighted several schools in Kansas for high and . . .
Posted Date: 01/27/2023
Graduating seniors at one of the state's top-performing school districts had high praise for their school experience and the support they received. They stressed the benefits of what they learned in . . .